Jared Alan Slyh, 33, of Las Cruces, N.M., pled guilty Friday afternoon in federal court in Las Cruces to a heroin trafficking charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Slyh will be sentenced to 24 months in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
Slyh was arrested on June 16, 2015, and charged by criminal complaint with distributing heroin and participating in a heroin distribution conspiracy. According to the complaint, Slyh provided 353.4 grams of heroin to an undercover law enforcement officer on June 3, 2015.
During Friday’s proceedings, Slyh pled guilty to a felony information charging him with possession of heroin with intent to distribute. Slyh remains in custody pending a sentencing hearing which has yet to be scheduled.
This case was investigated by the Las Cruces office of the DEA and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Gould of the U.S. Attorney’s Las Cruces Branch Office.
This case is being prosecuted pursuant to the New Mexico Heroin and Opioid Prevention and Education (HOPE) Initiative. The HOPE Initiative is a collaboration between the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center that is partnering with the Bernalillo County Opioid Accountability Initiative with the overriding goal of reducing the number of opioid-related deaths in the District of New Mexico. The HOPE Initiative comprised of five components: (1) prevention and education; (2) treatment; (3) law enforcement; (4) reentry; and (5) strategic planning. The law enforcement component of the HOPE Initiative is led by the Organized Crime Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the DEA in conjunction with their federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement partners. Targeting members of major heroin trafficking organizations for investigation and prosecution is a priority of the HOPE Initiative.
Information from Department of Justice